San Francisco's Macy's Union Square has had "Santa John" on the clock for 20 Christmases.
He's been on the job since 1990, but now John Toomey is out of a job because of a joke he says he's used for decades.
Macy's fired Toomey over the weekend after a couple who visited him for a photo complained the joke was in bad taste.
Toomey says he must have told it a thousand times and notes he only tells it to adults.
"When I ask the older people who sit on my lap if they've been good and they say, 'Yes,' I say, 'Gee, that's too bad.' Then, if they ask why Santa is so jolly, I joke that it's because I know where all the naughty boys and girls live," he explained.
Macy's hasn't commented on Toomey's dismissal.
Toomey is still hoping his long time employer will reconsider.
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